Execution Copy
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                         AMENDMENT NO.1
                               TO
                      AMENDED AND RESTATED
                       SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
                         BY AND BETWEEN
                  CNF INC. AND GERALD L. DETTER
                    Effective January 1, 2003

This  Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment") is made to  the  Amended
and  Restated  Severance Agreement as of July  31,  2000  by  and
between  CNF Inc. (formerly CNF Transportation Inc.), a  Delaware
corporation   (the  "Company"),  and  Gerald   L.   Detter   (the
"Executive") (the "Severance Agreement").

WHEREAS, on July 31, 2000, the Company and the Executive  entered
into this Severance Agreement;

WHEREAS,  the  Board of Directors of the Company  has  determined
that  it  is  in  the best interests of the Company  and  of  its
stockholders to amend the Severance Agreement;

NOW,  THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the  mutual
covenants  contained  in  this Amendment,  the  Company  and  the
Executive  agree  as  follows  (capitalized  terms  used  without
definition  have  the  meanings  given  to  those  terms  in  the
Severance Agreement):

1.    Amendment to Severance Payment.  The severance payment  set
forth in
     Section  6.1(A) of the Severance Agreement shall be  amended
     in its entirety to read as follows:

     (A)  In lieu of any further salary payments to the Executive
          for  periods subsequent to the Date of Termination  and
          in  lieu of any severance benefit otherwise payable  to
          the Executive, the Company shall pay to the Executive a
          lump  sum  severance payment, in cash, equal  to  three
          times the sum of (i) the Executive's annual base salary
          as   in  effect  immediately  prior  to  the  Date   of
          Termination or, if higher, in effect immediately  prior
          to  the  Change in Control and (ii) the average  annual
          bonus  earned by the Executive pursuant to  any  annual
          bonus  or  incentive plan maintained by the Company  in
          respect  of  the three fiscal years ending  immediately
          prior to the fiscal year in which occurs the Change  in
          Control.

2.    Amendment  to Additional Retirement Benefits.   Section  6.
1(D) of the Severance
     Agreement shall be deleted.


3.   Amendment to Definition of the Term "Good Reason".   Section
     15(P)  of  the Severance Agreement (definition of  the  term
     "Good  Reason") shall be amended by deleting  the  following
     paragraph at the end of Section 15(P):

          "Notwithstanding  anything in  this  Agreement  to  the
          contrary,  if the Executive's employment is  terminated
          by  the  Executive for any reason during the  one-month
          period  commencing on the first anniversary of a Change
          in   Control,  such  termination  shall  be  deemed   a
          termination  of  the  Executive's employment  for  Good
          Reason."

4.   Name  Change.  The name of the Company has been  changed  to
     "CNF Inc." and all references in the Severance Agreement  to
     "CNF Transportation Inc." shall be changed to references  to
     "CNF Inc."

5.   Effective Date.  The effective date of this Amendment  shall
     be  January  1,  2003.  Except  as  expressly  amended,  the
     Severance Agreement remains unchanged and in full force  and
     effect.

                         CNF INC.
                         By:       /s/ Gregory L. Quesnel
                                   -----------------------------
                         Name:     Gregory L. Quesnel
                         Title:    President and Chief Executive
                                   Officer

                         EXECUTIVE
                         By:       /s/ Gerald L. Detter
                                   -----------------------------
                         Name:     Gerald L. Detter
                         Address:  506 Woodland Drive
                                   Clarklake, MI 49234